HARTMANN v. PRUDENTIAL INS. CO. OF AMERICA

No. 92-3664.

9 F.3d 1207 (1993)

Stephanie HARTMANN and Eva Hartmann, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Debra Hartmann, and Harvey Loochtan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Suggestion for Rehearing Denied December 9, 1993.

Decided November 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan B. Gilbert (argued), David P. Schippers, Schippers & Gilbert, Chicago, IL, for Stephanie Hartmann and Eva H. Vinson.

Joseph J. Hasman, Steven P. Mandell (argued), Sherri L. Giffin, Peterson & Ross, Chicago, IL, for Prudential Ins. Co. of America.

Jeffrey B. Steinbeck, Genson, Steinback, Gillespie & Martin, Michael J. Kralovec, James B. Ford (argued), Nash, Lalich & Krolovec, Chicago, IL, for Harvey Loochton.

Richard P. Steinken, Dean N. Panos (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Debra Hartmann.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.


Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied December 9, 1993.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

This diversity suit for fraud and for equitable reformation of an insurance contract grows out of a notorious murder. In 1978, Werner Hartmann, a German immigrant who had made a fortune in the car stereo business, married a striptease artist whom he had met at a local nightclub where she was performing. She was much younger than he. The marriage was soon on the rocks. In 1981 Debra...

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